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Easy rangoli designs - beginners

Though I have drawn all the designs myself personally I am thankful to my family for the inputs, information and help in drafting all the posts so far.  I have used the terms kolam  rangoli quite freely in all the posts. Probably there would have been differences based on classical (!) explanations in the past but today kolams can also be colourful like rangolis both in the free hand and dots type  I find that even the terms rangoli kolam and kolam rangoli are used at  present. The only area where I think kolam are different are in sikku kolam and arisi maavu kolam. Both are beautiful, challenging and can be intricate . Rangoli is muggulu in Telugu and so this post will be useful for those in search of small and simple muggulu for beginners.  This post   may have answers  kutty rangoli /kolam designs The rangoli in the image below is one of the basic designs that can be used for learning.   Form a star with two inverted triangles.   ...

Muggulu designs without chukkalu

Simple muggulu without dots for Sankranti
First start with a square as in padi kolam  ,The completed kolam with colours 
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Draw floral designs on the four sides and at the four corners.
Decorate the floral designs with borders as shown 
White muggu is shown in the image.  It is beautiful as it is
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This is from a collection of Dhanurmasam muggulu I posted during 2012.  Now I have shared again with steps.  A very simple and easy muggu.  The white design is in the image above, If we need colours the colourful muggu has also been shared.  We can try this for Sankranti 
Chukkalu leni kamalam muggulu
Lotus and rose are the flowers usually drawn in muggulu.  I have also used the hibiscus.  Lotus can be a part of our Friday or Varalakshmi Vratham muggu decoration.
Start with a square base.  This is one of the easiest methods to start in free hand muggulu .  Lotus designs are drawn on all four sides.  It will be nice if we draw all the lotus designs from one side.
The more patterns we add the richer the muggu becomes as is evident from the next few images.
If you are drawing for Friday or Varalakshmi Pooja decorate with a kavi border
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The next muggu is a not so easy design, though it is small.  The picture should clarify the central design in particular     A simple border on all four sides completes the muggu
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Collection of small and easy muggulu designs without dots for Diwali , Navaratri , Sankranti
I have not given the step-by-step pics for these simple muggulu.  Please try them yourself.  Can be part of our collection of daily entrance muggulu for flats.
A star based muggu
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A variation of padi kolam 
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 Quite a small and cute muggu
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 We draw just a paisley also at the entrance
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Very small and easy rangoli
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 Drawing butterflies is quite easy in rangoli !
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 What would we do without birds and flowers for our muggulu designs
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 Small and intricate design
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 Another bird muggu , just like a doodle , I drew it spontaneously
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Flowers and tendril designs are congruous in rangoli 
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